Lynn Osterkamp

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I published my first novel, a mystery titled Too Near the Edge in October 2006, and it won a Silver Medal in the 2007 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards which honor the year’s best independently published books. My book ranked second in the Best Regional Fiction—West-Mountain category. I call Too Near the Edge a character-driven mystery with a paranormal twist and a humorous tone. In the story the protagonist, Cleo Sims, a 37-year-old grief therapist who has accidentally discovered a process through which people can make contact with dead loved ones, helps a young widow discover who pushed her husband off the edge of the Grand Canyon.
Winning the IPPY award is very exciting for me because writing fiction is a new direction in my life. I've spent a lot of years doing research and teaching at universities and working as a social worker in hospitals, hospice, and as a long-term-care ombudsman. Along the way, I did a lot of writing--published two nonfiction books and a bunch of articles, manuals and national newsletters.
But I always had a craving to write fiction, especially mysteries, which I've been hooked on as a reader since I started with Nancy Drew at a very young age. So my mystery novel was in there, working quietly in the background, biding its time until it finally came to the top of my to-do list. The result is Too Near the Edge, which gave life to Cleo, a Boulder-based grief therapist whose ability to contact dead people gets her involved in solving a murder; and Tyler, a dead surfer dude who gives Cleo cryptic and often inscrutable advice.

I Am A:

Reader, Writer, Publisher

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http://www.lynnosterkamp.com

Books And Authors I Like:

Sue Grafton, Janet Evanovich, Michael Connelly, Anita Shreve, Jodi Picoult, Marge Piercy

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